The hunt. The predator and prey relationship between wolves and elk has played out for milennia across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The strong powerful elk and swift wolves we observe today are a result of this evolutionary dance and this video by ETA Naturalist Bo Knows Outside shows it well. Want the chace to observe wolves, elk and other winter wildlife with us? Visit https://www.jhecotouradventures.com/Wildlife-Tours/winter | Jackson Hole EcoTour Adventures

A powerful bull elk stands alone as a wolf pack circles, ready to strike—until the elk unleashes a fierce antler charge that turns the tide. Witness the strength and strategy of one of the forest’s most impressive giants. #WildHorizons #ElkVsWolves #WildlifeShorts #ForestGiants #NatureShowdowns #AnimalBattles | WildHorizons

Watch a bull elk chase a wolf in Yellowstone National Park. "A single wolf has about a 2% chance of killing an adult elk by itself." (Packer and Ruttan 1988). And that is not differentiating between an adult cow and a bull elk such as this one. The success rate of wolf chases with pack members is only three to 14 percent. "Wolves fail as hunters more often than they succeed," Stevens wrote in the New York Times, "Their main prey species have evolved with them, and so developed formidable defense